Winfried Bühler

Winfried Bühler (11 June 1929 – 14 February 2010) was a German classical philologist.

Life Winfried Gregor Anton Maria Bühler was born in Münster. Ottmar Bühler (1884–1965), his father, was a distinguished Professor of Public Law - notably of Tax Law - at the University of Münster. Soon after Winfried was born his elder brother died, something which he very seldom mentioned but which nevertheless haunted him through his life. However, the timing of his birth meant that he narrowly avoided wartime conscription into the army or "Volkssturm" (militia). He attended the classics oriented "Beethoven Gymnasium" (secondary school) in Bonn, successfully completing his school leaving exams ("Abitur") at an unusually young age. He was still too young to be permitted to progress to a university immediately. Since 1982, he has engaged in producing a critical compilation of the sayings of Zenobius, which now extends to three volumes.

Memberships and honours Bühler was a member of the Joachim Jungius Socierty of Arts and Humanities ("Joachim-Jungius-Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften") in Hamburg from 1972, serving as its president between 1982 and 1985. He was a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities from 1980, having been a corresponding member since 1974. In 1985, he became a corresponding member of the British Academy. He became a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 1988. He also, in 2002, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Thessaloniki.

Output (selection)

Die Europa des Moschos. Text, Übersetzung und Kommentar. Wiesbaden 1960 (Hermes. Einzelschriften 13) Beiträge zur Erklärung der Schrift vom Erhabenen. Göttingen 1964 Europa. Ein Überblick über die Zeugnisse des Mythos in der antiken Literatur und Kunst. München 1968 Zur L-Überlieferung der Athosklasse der griechischen Parömiographen. Göttingen 1979, Zenobii Athoi Proverbia vulgari ceteraque memoria aucta. 3 Bände (mehr nicht erschienen), Göttingen 1982–1999 Band 1 (1987): Prolegomena complexum, in quibus codices describuntur, Band 4 (1982): Libri secundi proverbia 1–40, Band 5 (1999): Libri secundi proverbia 41–108, Zur handschriftlichen Überlieferung der Sprüche der sieben Weisen. Göttingen 1989